IronMan World Championships Taupo
IronMan 70.3 World Championships 2020 in Taupo!
Key facts for the IRONMAN 70.3 World Champs:
- It is to be held in Taupō on the 28th and 29th November 2020.
- It is a two day event, with men and women competing on the same course over two days.
- It considered to be the largest international event ever held in Taupō, with an expected 5,000 competitors, and 13,000 supporters.
- There will be over 100 qualifying races held across the globe beginning in July 2019.
- The 2020 BDO Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge will be on Saturday 14th November 2020.
Guests are encouraged to spend 5 nights in Taupo to have enough time to watch the events and fully enjoy the local attractions and activities in and around Waikato.
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IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship
Started in 2006, the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship pits the world's premier short and middle-distance athletes against the best IRONMAN competitors in the world.
2019: Nice, France
As the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes on the French Riviera in the southeast coast of France, Nice first hosted an IRONMAN event in 2005 and since then has been one of the most popular locations on the IRONMAN race circuit.. The world championship is the pinnacle event in the IRONMAN 70.3 calendar and with global rotation that began in 2014, it showcases the best venues IRONMAN has to offer around the world.
2020: Taupõ, New Zealand
With a strong IRONMAN history that spans 20 years, Taupõ, New Zealand is best known for hosting IRONMAN New Zealand since 1999. The IRONMAN 70.3 Taupõ joined the family in 2015, and has since earned numerous IRONMAN 70.3 Athletes' Choice Awards. Taupõ is a unique and beautiful destination with a local community that has embraced IRONMAN events and the thousands of athletes that have competed there. The 2020 event will move from its traditional late August/early September race date to take place on November 28 and 29, 2020. This shift will take advantage of New Zealand’s peak time of year with mild temperatures in the region's early summer months."
IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Nice
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